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- LASTING MACHINE Filed March 5, 1934 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 Patented Jan. 7, 1936 p I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LASTING MACHINE Bernhardt Jorgensen, Beverly, Massz, assignor to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application March 5, 1934, Serial No. 714,009

93 Claims. (Cl. 12-12) This invention relates to lasting machines, and means for imparting to the shoe support a moveis herein illustrated as applied to a machine orment to carry the heel-end face of the shoe into ganization of the same general character as discontact with the clamping means. More parclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,843,232, granted tioularly, the construction shown comprises a r upon an earlier application of mine of February spring for thus moving the shoe support, and '2, 1932, but modified in certain respects as furmechanism for releasing the spring to render it ther disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,979,269, operative in response to movement of the clampgranted on November 6, 1934, upon another aping means toward the shoe when the clamping plication of mine. Such machines have been means has arrived substantially at the limit of utilized heretofore in the manufacture of tenits movement. The heel-end-clamping means is his shoes and other shoes having rubber shoe thus utilized to determine the lengthwise posibottom parts which are vulcanized while the shoes tion of each last and shoe without in any case are on their metal lasts, and have also been used mpa t ng a forward movement to the last such to some extent in the manufacture of other kinds as might under some conditions tend to displace are more pronounced differences as between assembled thereon. rights and lefts than in the above-mentioned In accordance with another f a u the 'in' metal lasts, including footwear in which porvention provides novel means for determining the tions at least of the uppers are made of leather as p s ti ns of asts a d sh with sp t mov distinguished from the fabric of which tennis ments about longitudinal axes, so that the botshoes and the like are commonly made. Objects toms of right a left Shoes Will lie in p p of the present invention, in certain aspects, are lation to the lasting mechanism. As herein illusto provide improvements such as to adapt the trated, a more particular object thus in View is machine for better results inoperating upon such to p sit n a h ast a d h wh th r a i ht other kinds of footwear made on wooden lasts, a left, o t e bottom of the toe end of 5 although it is to be understood that th i ven-- the shoe will extend widthwise in directions sub tion is not limited in utility to the manufacture stantially parallel to e plane of the toe W p o-r any particular kind of footwear. It is also 0 this p p the Construction ShOWn, the to be understood that the invention, in various last p is movableln Such manneras o'p aspects, is not limited to machines of the type h s and shoe o be t pp d la rally as re- 30 illustrated in the above-mentioned Letters Patent. q i d w n h r r pr n s the work to In machines of the above-mentioned type, as the n and Such tipping 0f h a t i adheretofore constructed, the position of each last lustably limited by a stop e ag g a side face of and shoe with respect tolengthwise movement the heel end of the last, oppos te St p being P has been determined by a heel pin engaging the Vidcd f positioning right and left lasts p 35 heel end of the last in its spindle hole. In iew tively. As illustrated, the movement of the last of the frequent lack of uniformity in the posipin is in a u v d a about an am located aptions of the spindle holes in different lasts, the p oximately at the bottom 0f the h 6nd of h present invention provides novel means whereby s In this manner each last and Shoe is po the lengthwise position of each last and shoe is ti n d q y a accurately n p p r r lation 40 determined by contact with the heel end face 0 t p regardless of Var ations in the of the shoe, so that the toe end faces-of all lasts locations of the spindle holes in the different lasts. of the same length are positioned in invariable n a further aspect, the invention p de relation to the toe-lasting mechanism regardless fld means for Controlling end-lasting p- 5 of variations in the locations of the spindle holes, em, herein ShOWIl a3 heel p in V thus insuring substantially uniform results in the 111611175 Which they rec-9W8 p si ion them in toe-lasting operations without the necessity for p per relation to the shoe. In machines of frequent adjustments. I The machine. h i the illustrated type the heel-wipers are supported shown is provided as heretofore with heel-endin pa y members p located p clamping eans hich is ov d lengthwise of tively beneath the different wipers and relatively each shoe toward its heel end after the shoe and movable heightwisc of th shoe to p mit tippin its last have been mounted on the shoe support, of th w p s laterally of each s t a positi nand for purposes of the present invention there determined by a Dresser foot ag the heel i further provided means for positively limiting end of the insole. In the constructionv hereinof footwear made on wooden lasts in which there the toe end of the last relatively to the upper such movement of the clamping means and also S OWn t B B f l tpp m m e s are O 56' controlled as to oppose no resistance to the tipping of the wipers, the two members resting on an equalizing lever which is freely movable so that as either of the members is depressed by the tipping of the wipers the other member is simply raised a corresponding distance. As further illustrated, the equalizing lever is also bodily depressible against yielding resistance to permit such bodily depression of the wipers as likewise occurs in the operation of the machine.

Another feature of the invention is to be recognized in improved means for clamping an upper about an end of a last, herein shown as toeclamping means having the further function of wiping the upper heightwise of the last. As illustrated, this means comprises a flexible toe band having a flaring shape such as to present an edge portion only in contact with the upper, together with novel means for supporting and controlling the band in such manner as to permit it readily to conform to the contour of the shoe, including swinging arms supporting the ends of the band and a plurality of slides supporting other portions and yieldingly movable relatively to one another in response to pressure of the shoe on the band. To increase the effectiveness and durability of the band, especially in wiping the upper heightwise oi the last, the invention further provides a band having a layer of celluloid for engaging the upper and another layer of different flexible material, preferably leather, for reenforcing the layer of celluloid.

Machines of the illustrated type have been provided heretofore with flexible straps for conforming the upper to the last and for laying its margin inwardly over the insole in locations substantially at the ends of the toe wipers. In the construction herein shown the toe band is extended to operate on portions of the sides of the shoe in place of these straps, and for laying the margin of the upper over the insole in corresponding locations there are provided rolls which are moved inwardly with the toe wipers. As illustrated, these rolls are carried by arms which swing as heretofore about axes extending heightwise of the last and carry Wiper plates arranged to operate at the sides only of the toe, as distinguished from other wiper plates operating around the end of the toe. The rolls are so arranged that they begin to lay the upper over the insole before the above-mentioned side Wiper plates begin to Wipe the upper inwardly, thus afiording further insurance against undue displacement lengthwise of the shoe of portions of the margin of the upper near these side plates, and also further insurance that the margin of the insole over which the upper is wiped by these plates will lie close to the bottom of the last in the overwiping operation.

In accordance with further features of the invention improved means are provided for controlling the margin of the insole and also the margin of the upper around the toe end of the last. As herein illustrated, the toe and of the insole is engaged by a clamping device portions of which are moved relatively to one another in outward directions toward the edge of the insole while in contact with the bottom face of the hisole so as to insure that the margin of the insole around the toe will lie close to the bottom of the last, this device being also arranged to press the upper against the incoming toe wipers and thus to serve as a retarder or spreaderto maintain the margin of the upper free from wrinkles while increasing the effectiveness of the edges of the wipers on the upper in wiping the upper tightly over the insole. Combined with this insole-clamping device in the construction herein shown is also a device for clamping the margin of the upper upon the toe wipers prior to depression of the last relatively to the toe band and the wipers, so that as the last is depressed a pull is applied to the upper in addition to the upwiping action of the toe band. As further herein illustrated, both clamping devices are carried by an arm with which machines of the illustrated type are provided for depressing the toe end of the last, and mounted also on this arm is mechanism which is operated by the toe-wiper-operating means to move the insole-clamping device toward the edge of the insole as above describedand also to impart to the upper-clamping device a movement lengthwise of the shoe in time relation to the operation ofthe wipers.

The above and other features of the invention, including also a novel end band having of detachable portion, novel means for determining the position of the last and shoe laterally, and various novel details of construction and com binations of parts, will now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of the upper portion of a machine in which the features of the invention are embodied, showing the parts in the positions which they occupy after the heel-end-clamping means and the shoe support have received their movements toward each other, 85 but prior to the starting of the power operation of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line IIII of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IVIV of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion 01' the shoe support and the means thereon for determining the position of each last and shoe with respect to movement about a longitudinal axis;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VIVI of Fig. 5, illustrating more clearly how the position of the shoe is determined;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line VII-VII of Figs.

1 and 3;

Fig. 8 is a view in front elevation, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the toe-lasting mechanism and parts associated therewith, with cer tain parts in section and other parts omitted;

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the toe-lasting mechanism with the cover plate over the toe-wipers removed;

Fig. 11 is a vertical section through the toelasting mechanism on a central plane extending lengthwise of the shoe;

Fig. 12 is a plan view similar to a portion of Fig. 10, but showing the parts in the positions which they occupy after the wiping of the margin of the upper over the insole; (55

Fig. 13 is a view mainly in left hand end elevation of a portion of mechanism at the rear of the machine for controlling devices which position the forepart of the shoe laterally;

Fig. 14 is a plan view in a plane represented by the line XIV-XIV of Fig. 11;

Fig. 15 is a section on the line XV-XV of Fig.

11 with parts below broken away;

Fig. 16 is a section on the line XVI--XVI of Fig. 10;

Fig. 1'7 is a view mainly in front elevation of the means operating at the toe end of the shoe to depress the shoe and to control the insole and pp Fig. 18 is a section on the line XVIIIXVIII of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is a section on the line XIXX[X of Fig. 17 ;l,

Fig. 20 is a section on the line XXXX of Fig. 17;

Fig. 21 is a vertical central section through a portion of the toe-lasting mechanism and. the means for controlling the upper and the insole, showing the parts in the positions which they occupy immediately prior to the depression of the last; and

Fig. 22 is a view similar to Fig. 21, showing the parts in the positions which they occupy just after the beginning of the operative movement of the toe wipers. V

In view of the disclosure in the previously mentioned Letters Patent, only such parts of the machine as it is necessary to refer to for an understanding of the invention will be hereinafter mentioned. The last with the upper and insole thereon is mounted on a last pin 2 which enters the spindle hole in the heel end of the last and is supported on a vertically movable slide 4 (Fig. 1) which at a predetermined time in the cycle of the machine is forced downwardly with the last and shoe against the resistance of a spring 6 by pressure applied on the bottom of the shoe, as fully disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent. The last pin 2 is mounted by means hereinafter described on the upper end of a vertical rod 8 which has screw threads engaged by cooperating threads in a bevel-gear l2 (Fig. 2) rotatably mounted in a slide 12, this slide being mounted for movements in directions lengthwise of the shoe along guideways l3 on the upper end of the vertically movable slide 4 for a purpose hereinafter described. The bevel-gear H! is engaged by a bevel-gear 94 fast on a shaft 16 which is rotatable in the slide 12 and extends through a slot 18 in the vertically movable slide 4 to permit the above-mentioned movements of the slide l2 lengthwise of the shoe, the shaft 16 having a hand wheel 20 thereon for turning it. It will be understood that by this means the rod 8 is adjusted vertically as required for shoes of different sizes.

The heel-lasting mechanism comprises wipers 22 (Fig. 1) for wiping the margin of the heel end of the upper inwardly over the insole and a heelend-clamping device or heel band 24 for clamping the upper around the heel end of the last. The

wipers and the heel band are carried as heretofore by a slide 26 guided for movements lengthwise of the shoe on a pair of horizontal rods 28 (Figs. 1 and 2) which are mounted on the vertically movable slide 4. To provide room for mounting the work on the last pin 2 the slide His maintained initially in an idle position comparatively remote from the shoe support by a latch 30 (Fig.

1) in engagement with a lug 32 on the lower end of the slide 25, and upon its release by the latch 32 the slide is moved toward the shoe by a spring 34 (Fig. 2) which abuts at its outer end against a bracket 35 fast on the rods 23. The latch 30 is carried by a lever 38 which, through a rod 40, is moved downwardly by the operator as heretofore to release the slide 26 to the action of the spring 34 after the shoe has been placed on the shoe support.

In the construction herein shown the movement which the slide 26 receives from the spring 34 is not limited by contact of the heel band 24 with the shoe on the shoe support, as heretofore, but by washers 42 (Fig. 2) mounted on the rods 28 and abutting against the vertically movable slide 4, and the shoe is carried into engagement with the heel band by a short movement of the previously mentioned shoe support slide 12 toward the slide 26 along the guideways 13 on the upper end of the slide 4. For controlling the slide l2 there is provided another slide 44 (Figs. 1, 2 and 8) movable along a guideway 46 formed on a bracket 48 which is fast on the slide 4. R- tatably mounted in the slide 44 is a shaft 50 which carries a bevel-gear 52 in engagement with another bevel-gear 54 on a shaft 56 at right angles to the shaft 50 and also rotatably mounted in the slide 44. The shaft 56 is provided with screw threads engaging cooperating threads in a nut 58 mounted in the slide l2. On the shaft 50 is a hand-wheel 69 for turning it. It will thus be seen that by turning the hand-wheel 60 the slide l2 may be adjusted in directions lengthwise of the shoe relatively to the slide 44 as may be required for shoes of different sizes, and that the slide [2 and the slide 44 are held by the adjusting means in fixed relation to each other so as to be movable as a unit in directions lengthwise of the shoe.

Pivotally connected at one end to a pin 82 in the slide 44 is a link 64 which is pivotally connected at its other end to a crank arm 66 fast on a shaft 68, this shaft being mounted to turn in the bracket 36. On the hub of the crank arm 66 are gear teeth in engagement with. a pinion 12 which is fast on a shaft 14 also mounted to turn in the bracket 36. Fast on the shaft 14 is a depending arm 16 the lower end of which is in the path of the horizontally movable slide 26. It will thus be seen that when the slide 26 is moved outwardly to its initial position where it is held by the latch 30, as it is automatically near the end of the cycle of the machine through connections to a chain 18 as heretofore, it acts through the arm 16 and the gearing 12, 10' to move the link 64 toward the left (Fig. v1) and thus to move the slide 44 and the shoe support slide 12 also to the left, thereby carrying the shoe lengthwise in a direction away from the heel band 24 which is being moved in the opposite direction away from the shoe by the slide 25. Such movement of the link 64 results in compression of a springflfl held between a nut 82 on the link and a plate 84 fast on the bracket 48. The slide 44 and the connected slide l2 are held in the positions to which they are thus moved by the link 64 by means of a latch 86 pivoted on the bracket 48 and controlled by a spring 88, this latch engaging a plate!!!) on the slide 44. Accordingly when the slide 26 is released by the latch 30 after the next shoe has been mounted on the shoe support, the shoe support slide 12 is held in its'initial position by the latch 86 as the slide 26 is moved toward the shoe support by the spring 34. When the slide 26, however, has nearly reached the position in which it is stopped by the washers 42, a screw 92 adjustably mounted in the lower end of this slide comes into con tact with a depending arm 94 of the latch 85 and causes the latch to release the slide 44. Thereupon the spring 80 by its pressure on the nut 82 impels the'link 64 toward the right (Fig. 1), since the arm 16. is no longer against the slide 26, and thereby forces the shoe support slide i2 towardthe right until it is stopped by contact 0f the heel end face of the shoe with the heel band 24. It will thus be seen that the lengthwise position of each shoe is determined by the heel band in contact with the heel end face of the shoe, and since the heel band is moved each time to the same position determined by the washers 42, the toe end faces of all lasts of the same length are positioned in the same relation to the toe-lasting mechanism regardless of any variations that there may be in the locations of the spindle holes in the different lasts. This contributes to uniformly satisfactory results in the lasting of toes without the necessity for frequent adjustments. It will further be evident that the provision of means for holding the shoe support slide I2 retracted until the heel band has approximately arrived at its limit of movement and for then operating the slide to carry the shoe against the heel band serves to avoid any such forward movement of the last as might otherwise occur by reason of the pressure of the heel band on the shoe with possible resulting displacement of the toe end of the last relatively to the upper.

The heel-end-clamping device or heel band 24, similarly to the construction disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent No. 1,843,232, comprises a chain of connected links 98 (Fig. 3) arranged to extend about the heel end of the shoe, the opposite ends of the chain being connected to blocks 98 which are pivotally connected by pins H38 to the front ends of levers I62, these levers being fast on vertical rockshafts I04 mounted on the horizontally movable slide 26. The chain of links 96 is supported centrally by means of a finger I05 extending from it and slidably mounted in an opening in the slide 2%. A flexible strip or band of leather I03 is fastened to the blocks 93 and to the intermediate link $6 by screws H0 the heads of which are countersunk in the leather strip, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Since the heads of the screws are thus spaced from the inner surface of the strip I58, the latter may, if desired, be used as the shoe-engaging portion of the heel band in direct contact with the upper. To insure, however, against contact of the heads of the screws with the upper if the strip I08 should become worn through long continued use, and also to provide means whereby the heel band may be conveniently contracted so as to present a smaller shoe-receiving opening for use on comparative- 1y small shoes, the construction herein shown comprises a second flexible leather strip or band I 22 fastened detachably to thestrip I08 by means located well below that portion of the heel band which is applied in firm clamping engagement with the upper. This means consists of snap fasteners one of which is shown in section in Fig. i as consisting of two interlocking parts I14 and IE5 mounted respectively in the leather strips I08 and IE2 and readily detachable from each other by pulling them apart. Preferably three of these fasteners will be used, one located near each end of the heel band and one located at the intermediate portion of the band.

The levers I92 which support the heel band are controlled by a spring 9 I8 connected as heretofore to arms of the levers which are on the opposite sides of their fulcrums from the arms that support the band and tending to swing the latter arms apart, although permitting them to be drawn toward each other by pressure of the end face of the shoe against the intermediate portion of the band. Associated with the levers I02 is means of the same character as disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent No. 1,979,269 for controlling the levers in such manner that the heel band has normally a contour approximately such as it assumes when in clamping relation to the shoe and is also sub: stantially centralized laterally with respect to the heel end of the shoe. This means comprises a pair of connected arms I28 arranged to serve adjustably as limit stops for the outer ends of the levers I62, together with other parts which it is unnecessary to describe for an understanding of the present invention.

In general similarity to the disclosure of the previously mentioned Letters Patent, the machine is provided with toe-lasting mechanism including toe wipers, hereinafter more particularly referred to, for wiping the margin of the toe end of the upper inwardly over the insole. It is necessary for the proper operation of these wipers on the upper that the plane in which they operateshall be substantially parallel to the general plane of the bottom of the toe end of the last or shoe. To provide for such parallelism in directions length; wise of the last in operating on lasts of different styles the machine is provided as heretofore with means for adjusting the toe-lasting mechanism about an axis extending widthwise of the last. There is, however, no provision for adjustment of the mechanism about an axis extending lengthwise or" the last, and accordingly the last must be so positioned that the bottom face of its toe-end portion will extend widthwise in substantially parallel relation to the plane of the wipers. If wooden lasts of the usual styles are thus positioned, however, the spindle holes in the heel ends of right and left lasts are inclined respectively in opposite directions in the machine. In general similarity, therefore, to the disclosure of the previously mentioned Letters Patent No. 1,979,269,

the last pin 2 which enters the spindle holes of the different lasts is not fixed to the rod 8, but is so mounted that it may be tipped relatively to the rod toward the front or toward the rear of the machine in accordance with the inclinations of the spindle holes in the right and left lasts. For this purpose the last pin is fast on a slide I22 (Figs. 5 and 6) having flanges which extend into guideways I24 formed in a head I26 on the rod 8, these flanges and guideways being curved laterally of the shoe and last about an axis located approximately at the bottom face of the heel end of a shoe on a last of average height. By movement of the slide I22 the last pin may be tipped as required without any substantial bodily lateral displacement of portions 01' the heel end of the shoe near its bottom face, so as not to alter to any substantial extent the relation of the last and shoe to the opposite side portions of the heel band. In the construction herein shown there is no provision for fixing the slide I22 in any definite relation to the rod 8, the slide being freely movable along its guideways so that after mounting each last on the last pin the operator may tip the last laterally to bring the bottom of its toe end into proper relation to the plane of the toe wipers. In order, however, to relieve the operator of the necessity of exercising any particular care in the positioning of each last, and to insure uniformity in the positioning of different lasts, the machine herein shown is provided with means for limiting the tipping of each last in the manner above described by contact with a side face of the heel end of the last. This means comprises a pair of stops or abutments I 28 located at opposite sides of the last pin 2 in positions to contact with the side faces of the heel ends of lasts, these stops being adjustably movable along a dovetailed guideway I30 formed on 5 the head I26 of the rod 8. For adjusting the stops there is provided a rod I32 having right and left threads thereon in engagement respectively with the different stops, this rod being rotatable by means of a knurled head I34 thereon and having midway between its ends a diametrically enlarged portion I36 which lies in a slot in the head I26 to prevent lengthwise movements of the rod. By turning the rod I 32 the stops I28 may thus be adjusted equal distances toward or from each other. In operating on shoes made on lasts of a particular style the operator will first mount a last on the last pin 2 and will tip the last and the last pin until the outer side face of the heel end of the last engages that stop I28 which is at that side of the last. By turning the rod I32 the operator will then adjust the two stops I28 until the last is so positioned that the bottom of its toe end extends laterally in directions substantially parallel to the plane of the toe wipers. Such an adjustment will thereafter serve for all lasts of the same style, whether they are rights or lefts, the operator tipping each last to the position determined by one or the other of the stops, in accordance with whether it is a right or a left last, 80 in presenting the work to the machine. It will be evident that the accuracy of this positioning means is unaffected by any variations in the 10- cations of the spindle holes in different lasts.

The heel-lasting wipers 22, in general simi- 86 larity to the disclosure of the above-mentioned Letters Patent No. 1,979,269, are mounted for swinging or closing movements on a vertical stud I38 (Fig.7) carried by the head of a plunger I40 (see also Fig. 1) which 40 serves as a. wiper carrier and'is mounted for lengthwise movements and for turning movements in a holder I42 supported as hereinafter described. 'The wipers are advanced lengthwise of the shoe by forward movement of 45 the plunger I40 effected by the operation of a bell-crank lever I44 which carries a plate I46 arranged to engage a roll I48 on the end of the plunger. As the wipers are thus advanced lengthwise of the shoe they are closed laterally of the 50 shoe about the stud I38 by a pair of links, one of which is shown at I50 (Fig. 1), controlled by pins I 52 on a member I54, as fully disclosed in Letters Patent No. 1,919,269. In general similarity also to the prior disclosure, the wipers 22 are supported initially in a position higher than their operating position, and prior to their operation on the shoe they are depressed to a position determined by the height of the bottom face of the heel end of the shoe and are also tipped 60 laterally of the shoe about the axis of the plunger I so to position them at an inclination corresponding substantially to whatever lateral slope the bottom face of the heel end of the last may have after the last has been positioned in the manner 65 hereinbefore described. For thus supporting the wipers, the previously mentioned holder I42 is mounted on a plunge-r I56 (Fig. 1) which is movable vertically in a recess in the slide 26 and is depressible against the resistance of av spring I58, 70 and the heel-band-supporting levers I02 are further provided with plungers I88 (Figs. 1, 3 and 7) which contact with the lower faces of the wipers. In the construction herein shown the plungers I60 are not upheld by separate springs 75 in the levers I02 as in the earlier construction,

but are controlled by different means hereinafter described. The holder I42 is supported on the plunger I56 by trunnions I62 which permit tipping of the wipers 22 about an axis extending laterally of the shoe, and the wipers are held at 5 all times in contact with the tops of the plungers I60 by a. spring I64 which tends to tip the holder I42 in one direction.

The wipers 22 are depressed and are positioned in proper relation to the plane of the heel end 10 of the insole on the last by the operation of a carrier I66 (Fig. 1) fast on a vertical rod I68 which is mounted for downward and upward movements and for turning movements in the frame of the machine. This carrier is swung 15 from an idle position, in which it is shown in Fig. 1, to an operating position, and is then moved downwardly to depress and position the heel wipers and thereafter to depress the last and shoe together with these wipers, as fully disclosed in 20' the previously mentioned Letters Patent. For thus depressing the wipers the carrier I66 is provided with a. screw I10 the head of which is arranged to engage the top of the plunger I56, and also with arms I12, one of which is shown in Fig. 25 1, arranged to engage the wipers 22 in locations over the plungers I60. The depression of the wipers relatively to the shoe is limited by contact of a presser foot I14 supported on the carrier I66 with the bottom face of the heel end of the insole. In order to tip the wipers laterally of the shoe to position them in a plane substantially parallel to the lateral slope of the bottom face of the heel end of the last, as hereinbefore described, the arms I12 and the presser foot I14 are not mounted directly on the carrier I66, but on a holder I 16 which may rock or tip relatively to the carrier laterally of the shoe. Provision for such tipping of the holder I 16 is afforded by means more fully disclosed in Letters Patent No. 4.0 1,979,269, comprising curved slots in the holder and rolls supported on the carrier I66 and lying in these slots, one of the slots being shown at I18 and one of the rolls at I80 in Fig. 1. It will be understood that by such tipping movement the holder I16 assumes a position determined by contact oi the presser foot I14 with the heel end of the insole, and that by engagement of its arms I12 with the wipers it positions the wipers at a lateral inclination determined by such contact of the presser foot with the insole.

Since the area of the insole-engaging face of the presser foot I14 is necessarily rather small in order that the presser foot may be out of the way of the heel wipers in wiping the upper over the insole, it is desirable that there be as'little resistance as possible to the tipping of the holder I16 and the wipers. Accordingly, as herein shown the plungers I are controlled by means so constructed as to oppose substantially no resistance 60 to such relative vertical movements of the plungers as result from the tipping of the wipers. By reference to Fig. '1 it will be seen that the reduced lower ends of the plungers I60 extend downwardly from the levers I02 and are supported on the opposite arms of a lever I82 which is pivotally mounted at I84, midway between its opposite ends and midway between the points where the plung ers engage it, on a slide I86 vertically movable in guideways in the slide 26. A spring I88 supported on a bracket I00 on the slide 26 supports the slide I86 and the lever I82, the upward movement 01' this slide being limited by a screw I92 mounted in the slide 26 and extending into a slot I93 in the slide I86. It will thus be seen that the lever of the shoe along curved guideways I98.

I82 is movable bodily downward against the resistance of the spring 38 in response to pressure of both plungers I68 thereon when the plungers are depressed by the downward movement of the wipers prior to the limiting engagement of the presser foot H4 with the insole, but that there is no resistance other than the negligible friction between parts of the mechanism to such relative movements of the plungers as result from tipping of the wipers laterally of the shoe. When either of the plungers is depressed by the tipping of the wipers, the other plunger is lifted a. corresponding distance by the equalizing action of the freely movable lever 82. cordingly facilitates the positioning of the wipers in proper relation to the plane of the heel end of the last bottom.

The previously mentioned toe-lasting mechanism includes, as heretofore, a slide I94 (Figs. 1 and 11) adjustable in directions lengthwise of the shoe along guideways on the frame of the machine. On the slide !94 is supported a casting I95 adjustable about an axis extending laterally This casting supports means for wiping the upper upwardly about the toe-end portion of the last as the last is forced downwardly by the previously mentioned presser foot [14 and by other means, hereinafter more particularly referred to, which engages the toe end of the insole. For thus wiping the upper upwardly, in the construction herein shown, there is fast on the casting I96 a block 268. which supports a pair of levers 202 (Figs. 11 and 15) pivotally mounted between their ends on pins 284 on the block for swinging movements in directions widthwise of the shoe. The inner arms of these levers, i. e., the arms nearer the shoe, carry upwardly extending pins 286 which serve as pivotal supports for blocks 208 (Fig. 14) having slots therein to receive the end portions of a fiexible upwiping and clamping band 2 l 0. Supported on the upper face of the block 208 are a plurality of small slides 2I2 which extend in a series between the two blocks 208, these slides also having slots therein to receive the band 2 ID. The slides 2 l2 are bodily movable relatively to one another inwardly or outwardly along the supporting face of the block 289 in directions substantially radial to the curve of the edge of the shoe bottom. Extending around the series of slides M2 and located in recesses in the slides is a coiled spring 2M the opposite ends of which are connected to pins 2 i6 mounted on lugs on the inner ends of the levers 282. The spring 2I4 thus tends to move the several slides 2! 2 inwardly toward the shoe and is yieldable to permit the slides to be forced in outward directions by wedging action of the shoe on the band 2 I as the toe end of the last is forced downwardly within the band. The slides 2|2 which are located around the extreme end of the toe are confined on the upper face of the block 282 by a plate 2l8 which overlies outwardly projecting fingers 228 on the slides, as illustrated in Figs. 11 and 14. Inward movements of the slides which are thus confined by the plate 2l8 are limited by a curved rib 222 (Fig. 15) extending upwardly from the block 289. Two of the slides 2!? at each end of the series, the inward movements of which are not limited by the rib 222, have thereon upwardly extending pins 224 arranged to engage the spring 2M- to insure against undue displacement of these slides if the band 2 i0 is removed.

The band-supporting end blocks 208 also are yieldingly controlled to permit them to be forced The mechanism provided acblock and a collar 234 which is fast on the rod tends to swing the inner band-supporting arms of the levers 202 inwardly toward each other and is yieldable to permit these arms to be forced apart by wedging action of the shoe on the band. Inward movements of the band-supporting arms of the levers are limited by a collar 236 fast on the rod 230 and engaging one of the blocks 228. It will be evident that by turning the 3 rod 238 through a hand wheel 238 thereon the band-supporting arms of the levers may be adjusted toward or from each other for shoes oi different widths. The band 2l0 is not secured to the blocks 208 and the slides 2I2, but simply rests in the slots provided in these parts to receive it, so that the band may slide more or less in directions lengthwise of its edge in some of the slots as difierent portions of the band are wedged outwardly by the shoe. It will thus be seen that the band is controlled in such manner that it may readily yield outward in all directions as the toe end of the shoe is forced downwardly within it, while engaging the upper i'rictionally with pressure resulting from the action of the springs 2 l4 and 232 to effect the upwiping operation.

To insure that the band 2l0 will wipe the upper effectively upward as far as the edge of the insole in operating on shoes made on lasts of different styles, the band is so formed that it flares outwardly from the shoe in a downward 40 direction, and accordingly it is only the upper edge portion of the band that actually contacts with the upper, as illustrated in Figs. 21 and 22. It will be understood that the band first engages the upper in a location at a substantial distance below the edge of the insole while in a comparatively contracted condition, as shown in Fig. 21, and that it is wedged outwardly both lengthwise and laterally of the shoe as the shoe is forced downwardly within it. To receive the outwardly flaring band the slots in the blocks 208 and the slides 2 l 2 are outwardly inclined, and it will be evident that this construction assists in insuring against displacement of the band by frictional action of the shoe thereon when the shoe is moved upwardly after the lasting operation. As further insurance against such displacement each of the blocks 208 carries a pin 239 (Fig. 11) extending through a slot 248 in the band. The invention further provides a band so constructed as to insure against deformity of its shoe-engaging edge portion in long continued use, so that the same band may be used indefinitely with equally effective results. As illustrated, the band is formed of two layers or strips of material 2 and 242, the outer layer 241 being preferably formed of leather and the inner layer 242 of celluloid. The two layers MI and 242 are secured together preferably by cement. The inner layer 242 of celluloid is suifioiently firm to engage the upper with effective pressure and to maintain its shape against distortion or wear in long continued use, and is yet flexible enough to conform effectively to the contour of the shoe and last.

The outer layer I of leather reenforces the celluloid layer and afiords effective insurance against breakage of the latter.

Substantially as disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent, the toe end of the shoe, as it is depressed within the toe band 2), is engaged on its top face by means which acts frictionally to pull the upper forwardly toward the end of the toe. rest 244 (Fig. 11) fast on a hollow plunger 246 which is slidingly mounted in a holder 248 and is depressible by the shoe against the resistance of a spring 250. The holder 248 is pivoted at 252 on the casting I96 for swinging movement against the resistance of a spring-controlled plunger 254 to carry the toe rest forwardly, such swinging movement being effected in re- -sponse to depression of the plunger 246. For this purpose the plunger carries a roll 256 which is engaged by a cam member 258 as the plunger is depressed. In the construction herein shown the cam member 258 is pivoted at 268 for adjustment to vary the amount of upper-pulling movement thus imparted to the toe rest 244. Adjustment of the member 258 is effected by a screw 262 against the end of which the member is held by a spring 264.

The previously mentioned toe wipers for wiping the marginal portion of the upper inwardly over the insole around the toe end oi. the last after the upwiping operation, and the means for operating these wipersare generally similar to the disclosure of the previously mentioned Letters Patent, but difier therefrom in certain respects. These wipers comprise a pair of end wiper plates 266 (Figs. 10 and 12) for wiping the upper inwardly around the end and along the sides of the toe and a pair of side wiper plates 263 for wiping the upper inwardly at the sides only of the toe. The plates 268 are comparatively thin plates which are fast on arms 226 pivoted at 212 on the casting I96 for swinging movements laterally of the shoe about axes extending heightwise of the shoe. The plates 266 are connected together by a pin 214 for swinging movements toward and from each other widthwise of the shoe, and in operation they are also advanced bodily lengthwise of the shoe relatively to the side plates 266 with portions of them overlapping these side plates, as will be evident by comparison of Figs. 10 and 12. The end plates 266 are supported on a bracket 2'16 (Fig. 11) secured by a screw 218 to a carrier 286, and these plates carry pins 282 (Figs. 10 and 12) which extend into slots 284 formed in the carrier 286 concentric with the axis of the pin 214. The outer edges of the portions of the plates 266 which rest on the bracket 216 are also concentric with the axis of the pin 274 and engage similarly curved surfaces on the bracket, as indicated at 286 (Fig. 10). The carrier 286 is supported on a rack bar 288 (Fig. 11) which is movable in guideways in the casting I92 and is engaged by a gear sector 293 fast on a rock shaft 292 for imparting movement lengthwise of the shoe to the wiper plates 225. Provision is afforded for relative movement lengthwise of the shoe of the carrier 266 and the rackbar 288 within limits determined by a screw 294 which is threaded in the rack bar and lies in a slot 285 in the carrier 286. A spring 292 located between the rack bar 288 and the bracket 2l6 on the carrier 280 positions the carrier normally in the relation to the rack bar illustrated in Fig; 11 but is, yieldable in response to any abnormal resistance to the ad- This means comprises a toevancing movementof the wiper plates 266. These wiper plates and also the side wiper plates 268 are closed laterally of the shoe by rack bars 368 (Fig. '10) slidingly movable in the casting I98 and operated as disclosed in the previously mentionedLettersPatentby the rock shaft 292. These rack bars are adjustably connected to slides 36! which are connected by links 362 to levers 364 pivoted at 366 on the casting l96, these levers being provided with pins 368 for closing the wiper plates 266 through links 3 H] which are pivotally connected to these plates. The levers 364 serve also to operate the side wiper plates 268 through swinging movements of the arms 216, the connections between each lever 364 and the 15 arm 276 associated therewith, in the construction herein shown, comprising a slide 3| 2 (Fig. 16) which is mounted in a dovetailed guideway in the arm 276 and is fastened in a slot in the lever 384 by a depending portion of the previ- 20 ously mentioned pin 308. As illustrated in Fig. 10, the sidewiper plates 268 are positioned initially far enough apart to allow ample room between them for shoes of different widths, and in order to delay the beginning of the closing movements of the end wiper plates 266 until the side plates have been moved into substantially as close relation to the shoe as the end plates, the links 310 are provided with slots M4 in which the pins 368 operate. For laying the margin of the upper inwardly over the insole in locations immediately beyond the ends of the side wiper plates 283, there is associated with each of these plates, in the construction herein shown, a pair of rolls3l6 (Figs. 9, 1D, 11 and 12). Each pair of rolls is rotatably mounted on a pin'3l8 fast on a holder 326 provided with a cylindrical stem extending within a recess in an arm 322. The arm 322 is pivv otally mounted for swinging movements height- 40 wise of the shoe on a pin 324 (Fig. 10) which projects laterally from a lug 326 on the arm 210 which carries the wiper plate 268. A spring 328 (Fig. 11) underlying a lug 338 which projects from the arm 322 tends to swing the arm in the direction to depress the rolls 3|6, such swinging movement of the arm being limited by its engagement with a portion of the wiper plate 268. The stem which projects from the holder 328 into the arm 322 is rotatable in the arm and carries a pin 332 (Fig. 9) projecting into a slot 334 in the arm to retain the holder 320 in place on the arm while permitting limited turning movement of the holder such that the rolls 326 may adjust themselves to the lengthwise contour of the shoe bottom. It will be noted that initially the rolls 3E6 extend downwardly a little farther than the wiper plates 268, and as they are moved inwardly they first contact with the toe band 2| 6 and are deflected or lifted thereby to the level of the shoe bottom, the band extending along the sides of portions of the shoe where the rolls operate. The rolls are also positioned nearer the shoe than the edges of the plates 268 so that they begin to lay the upper inwardly over the insole before the plates 263 begin to wipe the upper inwardly. This assists in insuring against any undue displacement of the margin of the upper lengthwise of the shoe by the wiper plates. The rolls 3l6 serve not only tolay the margin of the upper over the insole in the locations where they operate, but also assist in insuring that the margin of the insole will be pressed close against the bottom of the last so as not to be displaced by the wiper plates 268. The portion of each holder 7 5 328 which is between the rolls 3|6 is flush with the peripheries of the rolls so as to avoid any creasing of the upper by the rolls.

Cooperating with the heel presser foot I14 to effect the depression of the last and shoe is another presser foot 336 (Fig. 17) which engages the end of the insole, this presser foot being mounted on a bracket 331 adjustable as herein after described on an arm 338 supported by alined posts 348 342 (Fig. l) which are mounted for vertical movements and for turning movements in hearings in the frame of the machine. The arm 333 occupies initially, as heretofore, a posi tion in which the presser foot 336 is retracted rearwar ly from over the shoe bottom, and the operator swings the arm forwardly to position the presser foot over the shoe bottom by use of a handle 354 on the arm, the posts 348 and 342 turning in their hearings in the frame. Thereafter in the power operation of the machine the arm is carried downwardly to bring the presser foot into engagement with the insole and to assist in depressing the last and shoe.

Supported on the arm 338 in the construction herein shown is novel means for engaging the insole around the presser foot 336 to insure that the margin of the toe end of the insole will lie close to the bottom of the last in the overwiping operation and for also engaging the marginal portion of the upper around the toe end to assist the toe wipers in wiping the upper tightly and smoothly over the insole without any objectionable wrinkles. This means comprises a clamping device 346 (Figs. 17 and 19) which engages the insole initially close to the presser foot 336 and thereafter receives outward movement toward the edge of the insole while in contact with the insole. The clamping device 346 comprises a curved end member 358 and two side members or arms 352 which are pivotally connected by studs 358 to the end member 358 for swinging movements laterally of the shoe. The clamping device is supported on a pair of crossed levers 356 (Figs. l7, l8 and 20) which extend generally lengthwise of the shoe and are pivotally connected together and to the forward end of a carrier by a pin 368. Rotatably mounted in the forward end of each lever 356 is a stud 362 which extends below the lever and carries a transverse stud 384 on which one of the arms 352 is pivoted for swinging movements in directions heightwise of the shoe. It will thus be seen that the clamping device 346 can swing heightwise of the shoe about the axes of the studs 364 and that the two arms 352 may be swung toward or from each other about the axes of the studs 354 by swinging movements of the levers 356. A spring 366 the lower end of which is positioned by a pin 368 on the member 358 and the upper end of which seated in a recess in the pivot pin 368 tends to swing the clamping device 386 downwardly, its downward movement being limited by contact of the ends of the arms 352 with the levers 356, as illustrated in Fig. 17. When the supporting arm 333 receives its downward movement the member accordingly first engages the insole, whereupon the spring 366 yields until this member and e members 352 are seated upon the insole in parallel relation to the bottom of the last.

The carrier 358 on which the crossed levers 356 are mounted as above described is pivotally supported at its left-hand end (Fig. 1' 7) on a rod 318 which extends through a bearing in the carrier and is itself mounted in the lower ends of a pair of swinging links 312 and 314 which are pivoted at or near'their upper ends on the arm 338 at opposite sides of the arm. This permits the-arm 338 to continue its downward movement, after the clamping members 358 and 352 have seated themselves upon the insole, to bring the presser foot 336 into contact with the insole. Such further downward movement of the arm relatively to the members 358 and 352 is effectedagainst the resistance of a spring 316 (Fig. 20) which is mounted in the arm and controls a plunger 318 connected by a link 388 to the carrier 358. .The spring 316 engages the head of a screw 382 which is threaded in the plunger 318, the head of the screw being of greater diameter than the plunger and engaging a shoulder on the arm to limit downward movement of the plunger. thus be seen that the clamping device 346 is pressed yieldingly upon the insole through the spring 316 and the previously mentioned spring 366 and it is maintained in such yielding engagement with the insole during the depression of the last and shoe. At this time the member 358 and the arms 352 of the clamping device are located comparatively close to the presser foot 336. At the beginning of the operative movement of the toe wipers, after the depression of the last and shoe, the clamping device is moved bodily forward or outward toward the end of the toe while in contact with the insole and the arms 352 are swung outward toward the side edges of the insole to insure that the margin of the insole around the toe will lie smooth upon the bottom of the last and also to position the device to serve as a retarder or spreader in engagement with the margin of the upper at the edges of the wipers. Such bodily forward movement of the clamping device is effected by moving its carrier 358 toward the left (Figs. 17 and 18) accompanied by swinging movements of the links 312, 314 and 388 which support the carrier, and for this purpose the rod 318 on which the left-hand end of the carrier is supported is moved toward the left by means hereinafter described which engages a roll 384 on the rod. This movement is against the resistance of a spring 386 connected at one end to a pin 388 on the arm 338 and at its other end to a portion of the link 314 which extends upwardly beyond the pivotal connection of the link with the arm. This upwardly extending portion of the link 314 by contact with the pin 388 determines the initial position of the clamping device 346 lengthwise of the shoe. As the carrier 358 is thus moved toward the left, the arms 352 of the clamping device are swung outwardly away from each other by movements of the crossed levers 356 about the pivot pin 368. For this purpose there is provided a cam block 398 (Fig. 1'7) having thereon cam faces 392 (Fig. 18) arranged to engage rolls 394 on the lefthand ends of the levers 356 as the carrier 358 is moved toward the left as above described. Such swinging movements of the levers 356 is effected against the resistance of a spring 396 which is mounted on a stud 398 on one of the levers and bears on the side of the other lever. It will be understood that through the action of this spring the rolls 394 are held initially in contact with the sides of the carrier 358. The cam block 398 is fastened by screws 488 to a member 482 which partially overlies the carrier 358, this member having a forked end 484 partially embracing a pin 486 on the arm 336 to hold the cam block 398 against movement to the left or right with the carrier 358 while permitting it to swing upwardly or downwardly with the carrier. In the outward swinging movements of It will .aoaasse the arms 352 their insole-engaging portions arrive approximately at the edge of the insole at the time when the corresponding portion of the member 356 arrives in a similar position, ,as illustrated in Fig. 22, at which time the wipers .266rin their advancirn; movement arrive substantially at the edge of the insole. At this point in the operation of the machine the marginal portion of the upper becomes yieldingly clamped between the edges of the wipers and outwardly inclined wedge faces of the members 358 and 3352. Thereafter, as the wipers are further advanced and as they :are closed to wipe the margin of theup-per over the insole, the members 356 and 352 act as retarders or spreaders, maintaining the margin of the upper substantially free from wrinklesas it is 'wipedinwardly by the wipers and rendering the wipers more effective to wipe the upper tightly-over the insole. It will be understood that in this operation the members 356 and 352 are wedged upwardly away from the insole against the resistance of the springs 366 and .1316 by the action .of the wipers on their 'inclinedfaces. The

. outward movements of the members1350 and 352 may continue somewhat beyond the point in the cycle of operations represented by Fig. 22, .depending upon the adjustment of the operating means hereinafter described.

.As the arm 338 receives its downward movement and carries the clamping device .346 into engagement with the insole as above described, it .-.carries another clamping device into position toclamp the margin of the upper outspread upon the wiper plates 266, as illustrated in Fig. 21, this device comprising a clamp member 4.61 which-is curvedsimilarly to the edges of the .plates;266. Accordingly, as the last is thereafter depressed by furtherdownward movement of the arm 338, the clampmember 461 cooperates withthe wipers to apply .to :the toe portion .of the upper an upward pull as itliS being wiped upwardly by .the toe .band

216, the margin of the upper slipping moreor less between the clamp member .and'the wipers in this operation. The clamp member 401 is supported by links 408 and 418 (Figs. 17, 18 and 19) located respectively at opposite sides OfiJb'he arm 338, the link 468 being pivotally supported :on a lever 412 and the link 410 on a 'leverJ4il4 '(Eig. 20) 'Tnese levers are fast at their left-hand ends one. rockshaft 416 mounted in the arm 338. At their lower ends the links 468 and 4H! have curved segmental gportions provided with guideways ;.to receive curved flanges 418 (Fig. 1'9) on the member 461 so that this member may rock about an axis extending laterallyof the shoe and thus seat itself evenly upon the-upper overlying the wipers. The headsof screws 426 which are threaded in the links 468 and. .416 are arranged to contact with shoulders 422 (Figs. 21 and 22) on the member 461 to limit :its rocking movement in .onedirection, while rocking movement thereof in the other direction is limited by contact of portions of the. member with "thelinks. To determine adiustably the normalposition of the member- 461 heightwise of the shoerelatively tothe clamping device 346, there is threaded in a lug-on the lever4l'2 ascrew424zthe lower end of which is arranged to engage a lug 426 on the arm 338. To hold the member461 yieldingly in clamping engagement '-with the upper 'there is provided in the handle 344 a spring 428-which bears on a plunger 436 connected-by a-Iin'kf4'32 to the 'lever 4I2. It .Will be understoodthat this spring yields-after the member 401'has arrived in clamping engagement with the upper-asthe arm 338-continues its downward movement to depress the last and shoe. v

Theinitial position of the clamp member 461 lengthwiseof the shoe is adjustably determined by means associated with the link 4). This means comprises a rod 434 (Figs. l'land 20) pivotally mountedon a pin 436 onthe arm 338 and extending througha vertical'slot 438 (Fig. l7). in the link M6, the rod having mounted thereon-a spring 1448 which at one end engages a collar 442 fast on the rod and at the other end engages a washer 444 slidingly mounted on therod and-having-a curved face for engaging the link M6. :011 the opposite side of the link is another similar washer 446 positioned adjustably by nuts 448 on the'end of the rod434. It will thus be :seen that thelink 410 is held yieldingly against the washer 446 by the spring 446, and that the position of the member 461 lengthwise of the shoe is thereby determined. It may be necessary under some conditions to impart to this clamp member a short forward movement to make way for the forwardl-y moving clamping device 346, and for this purpose there are connected respectively :tothe links 468 and 416 substantially horizontal links 450 and 452 (Figs.-17-and 18), these links having slots 454 and 456 therein through which extends the previously mentioned rod 310. These slots afiord provision forrlost motion between the rod 316 and the links 456 and 452, sothat when :the rod is movedtoward the left in the manner herei-nbefore describedto impart to the clamping device 346 its forward movement, it does not ordinarily act :on the links 450 and 452 until :this clamping device has received at least the greater portion of its forward movement. It will bexunderstoodthat the margin of the upper slipsout from under the clamp member 461 as the wipers wipe the-upper inwardly -.over the insole, the1members ,1356 and352 acting as hereinbeforedescribed on portions of the :margin previously engaged by this clamp member.

Foroperating-theroll 384 to move the rod 316 to :the .left and thereby impart to the clamping devices Y346 and 461 their forward movements, there is provided mechanism which is operated by themeans hereinbefore described for imparting closingmovements to the toe wipers. This mechanismlcomprises abar 458 (Fig. 9) slidingly movable .in directions lengthwise of the shoeon a cover plate 468 above the toe wipers and guided between pins 462 on the cover plate, the bar having .an upwardly extending finger 464 into operative relation to which the roll 384 is carried by :the downward movement of the arm 338. The bar;45'8 is pivotally connected to a lever465 which is pivotally mounted ona pin 466 supported by a bracket 468'fast on the cover plate466, and pivotedon thesame pin is a lever 416 which-carries a screw.i412.arranged to engage and operate the lever465. ,Aspring-pressed plunger 414 in the bracket 468 engages the lever 465 on the op-' posite *sidefrom the .screw to hold the lever against the screw and to return it to its initial position when permitted. The lever 416 carries airoll .416 which is engaged and operated by .a cam piece '416adjustably secured to one of ythe slides 1331 through which closing movements are imparted to the toe wipers, this cam piece operating in a s1ot480 in-the cover plate 460. It will be observed that the cam piece 418'is so formed and arranged as toswing the lever 418 for the purpose-described.atthe beginning of the operative movements of the slides 36I as the side wiper plates 268 are swung inwardly toward the shoe relatively to the end wiper plates 266, and later the roll 416 is engaged by the straight side of the cam piece and the lever 418 receives no further movement during further wiper-closing movements of the slides 38!. That face of the finger 464 which engages the roll 384 is curved in such manner relatively to the axis of adjustment of the wiper-supporting casting I96 along the guideways I98 that the operative relation of the finger to the roll is substantially unaffected by adjustment of the casting. By the screw 412 the arm 465 may be adjusted to vary the time when the finger 464 begins to operate on the roll 384 and thereby to vary the amount of movement imparted to the clamping devices 346 and 481.

The previously mentioned bracket 33! (Fig. 1'7) supporting the toe presser foot 336 is adjustable heightwise of the shoe relatively to its supporting arm 338 along guideways provided on the arm and is held in adjusted position by a screw 482 threaded in a lug 484 on the arm and provided with an annular recess near its lower end in which lies the forked end of a plate 486 fast on the bracket 331. By this means the position to which the toe end of the shoe is depressed by the presser foot 336 may be adjustably determined.

The machine herein shown is further provided with means similar to that disclosed in. Letters Patent No. 1,979,269 for positioning the toe end of the last and shoe laterally when the work is presented to the machine. This means comprises gage members 488 (Fig. 9) positioned over the toe wipers 266 and arranged to contact with the upper at the opposite sides of the toe, these members being mounted on bell-crank levers 498 which are pivoted on the cover plate 468 and are connected together by gear sectors 492 for equalized swinging movements to carry the gage members toward and from each other. The members 488 in the constructions herein shown are fast on the levers 498. A spring 494 connected to one of the levers 498 and to a bracket 496 tends to swing the levers 498 in directions to separate the gage members 488 from each other. Such movement of the levers is adjustably limited by the end of a spindle 498 in contact with one of the levers, this spindle being threaded in a nut 588 which is slidingly mounted in a socket in the bracket 496 and is backed up by a spring 582. A pin 584 in the bracket 496 lies in a slot in one side of the nut 588 to limit movement of the nut and the spindle 498 under the influence of the spring 582 and also to prevent the nut from turning. It will thus be evident that adjustment of the gage members 488 is effected by turning the spindle 498 relatively to the nut 588, and also that the gage members may be forced apart by pressure upon them against the resistance of the spring 582, the nut 588 and the spindle 498 being forced outward through the action of one of the lev'ers 498 on the spindle. The gage members will preferably be so adjusted that when the operator presents the work to the machine, mounting the last on the last pin 2, these members Will be forced somewhat apart by pressure of the shoe against them, so that when the shoe is moved lengthwise as hereinbefore described to seat its heel-end face against the heel band, the gage members will maintain contact with the shoe.

The machine herein shown is provided with means for withdrawing the gage members 488 from their operative positions so that they will not interfere with the clamping of the margin of the upper outspread on the toe Wipers by the member 481 as hereinbefore described. For this controlling it. The withdrawal of the gage memhers is effected by swinging movement of the bracket 496 in a clockwise direction (Fig. 9), the spring 494 swinging the gage-supporting arms of the bell-crank levers 498 apart as the bracket receives such swinging movement. The swinging of the bracket 496 in this manner is effected by the swinging of the shoe-depressing arm 338 (Fig. 1) from its idle position to its position over the toe end of the shoe. As disclosed in the previously mentioned Letters Patent, such swinging movement of the arm 338 is availed of to start the power operation of the machine. For this purpose there is mounted on the previously mentioned post 342 a collar 5l2 (Figs. 9 and 13) which turns with the post and by its turning movement imparts lengthwise movement to a rod 5 extending loosely through an opening in a thimble 5l6 in the frame. spring 518 which is compressed by the turning of the collar 5l2 and serves later to return the arm 338 to its initial position. When the rod 5 is thus moved lengthwise by the swinging of the arm 338 to its position over the shoe, it acts as heretofore on a bell-crank lever 528 (Fig. 13) to lift a link 522 and thus to trip the clutch (not shown) through which the machine is operated. The rod 5l4 thus operates the bell-crank lever 528 through a swinging arm 524 which is interposed between the end of the rod and a screw 526 mounted in one arm of the bell-crank lever. The arm 524 is fast on a rockshaft 528, and for the purpose of withdrawing the gage members 488 from their operative positions there is also fast on this rockshaft, as herein shown, an upwardly extending arm 538. Swiveled on the upper end of the arm 538 is a collar 532 slidingly mounted on a rod 534 between a collar 536 which is fast on the rod and a spring 538 which is mounted on the rod in engagement with a collar 548 also fast on the rod. The rod 534 is pivotally connected to one arm of a latch 542 (Fig. 9) which is pivoted at 544 on one arm of a bell-crank lever 546 pivoted on the cover plate 468, the other arm of this bell-crank lever being forked for engagement with a pin 548 on the previously mentioned swinging bracket 496. A spring 558 connected to the bell-crank lever 546 and to a pin 552 on the cover plate 468 acts normally through the bellcrank lever to maintain the bracket 496 at a limit of movement determined by the screw 588 and the slot 518, as illustrated in Fig. 9. With the parts in these positions, the latch 542 is in engagement with the pin 552 to prevent positively any swinging of the bracket 496 by pressure applied to the gage members 488. When the arm 338 is swung forwardly over the shoe the arm 538 acts through the spring 538 to push the rod 534 in a forward direction, the first effect of which is to swing the latch 542 to a position determined by a stop pin 554 on the bell-crank lever 546 and thus to disconnect the latch from the pin 552. In its further movement the rod 534 then acts through the latch to swing the bell-crank lever 546 against the resistance of the spring 558 and thereby to swing the bracket 496 in the direction to withdraw the gage members 488 from their operative positions over the wipers 266 into notches 556 in the cover plate 468. The gage members are thereafter maintained in their inoperative Mounted on the rod 5 is a,

positions: until the'arm 338 is swung rearwardly near the end of the cycle of the machine, whereupon the bell-crank lever 546 and the bracket 496 are returned to their initial positions by the. spring 5511 and the latch 542 is returned into lock- -ing relation to the pin 552 by return movement of the rod 534. Such movement of the rod is effected by action of the arm 530 on the collar 5.36 on. the rod, the arm 53B receiving its return movement through the bell-crank lever 520 from a spring (not shown) controlling this lever.

Since the manner of operation of the novel mechanisms provided by the invention has been explained in connection with the description of these mechanisms, no further description of the operation of the machine is necessary.

Having described the. invention, what I claim as. new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1., In alasting machine, the combination with :Qe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, clamping means arranged to engage the heel-end face of the shoe and to determine by suchengagement the position of the toe-end face of the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, a spring for moving said support to carry the last and shoe toward said clamping means, and mechanism for holding said support initially retracted against the resistance of said spring and for releasing it to the action of the spring.

2. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, clamping means arranged to engage the heel-end face of the shoe and to determine by ing such movement of the clamping means, and

such engagement the position of the toe-end face of the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping means being movable lengthwise of the shoe towardits heel end, means for limitautomatic means for imparting to said shoe supportmovement to carry the heel-end face of the shoe into engagement with said clamping means when the latter has substantially arrived at the limit of its movement.

3. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, clamping means arranged to engage the heel-end face of the shoe and to determine by such engagement the position of the toe-end face of the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping means being movable lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such movement of the clamping means, and mechanism controlled by said clamping meanslfor imparting to said shoe support movement to carry the heel-end face of the shoe into engagement with the clamping means.

4. In alasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, clamping means arranged to engage the heeleend face of the shoe and to determine by such engagement the position of the toe-end face of the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping means being movablelengthwise of the, shoe toward. its heel end, means for limiting such movement of the clamping means,

a, spring for moving, said shoe support to carry the last andlshoe toward the clamping means, and a, device controlled by said clamping means for. holding, said support. initially retracted against to the action of'the spring.

thfiresistance of said spring and for releasing it;

such engagement the position of the toe-end faceof the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping means being movable lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, a spring arranged to be released to move said clamping, means toward the shoe, and another spring controlling said shoe support and arranged to be. 7

released by the movement of the clamping means; toward the shoe to cause it to impart to said'support movement to carry the shoe toward the. clamping means.

6. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directionslengthwise of the shoe and including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, means forclamping the shoe about its heel end arranged to determine by contact with the heel-end face of the shoe the position of the toe-end face of the last relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism re-igardless of the position of the spindle hole. in the last, said clamping means being movable lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such movement of the clamping means, and mechanism for imparting. automatically to said shoe support movement to carry the shoe toward said clamping meanswhen the latter has substantially arrived at the limit of its movement.

'7. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, c amping means arranged to engage the heel-end. face of the shoe and to determine by such engagementnthe position of the toe-end face of the last,

relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping means being movable lengthwise of the, shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such. movement of the clamping means, means for im parting to said shoe support movement to carry the shoe toward said clamping means, and mechanism arranged to be operated by movement of theshoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe clamping means arranged to engage the heel-end faceof the shoe and to determine by suchengagement the position of the toe-end face of the last:

relatively to the toe-lasting mechanism, said clamping mean being movable lengthwiseof the shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such.

movement of the clamping means, a spring for moving said shoe support to carry the last and shoe toward the clamping means, a latch. ar-'- ranged to hold the shoe support initially retractedi against the resistance of said spring and movable. to release it to the action of the spring, and mechanism arranged to be operatedbylmovementi.

of saidrclamping means away from the shoe, to return the shoe support into position to by said latch.

9. In a lasting machine, .a support for a last and-shoe movable in directions lengthwise: ofthe shoe, a device movable lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end to a predetermined position and arranged to determine the lengthwise positionof the shoe bycontact with, its heel end" face, and automatic means for moving-said shoe support to carry the heel en'd face of the shoe into contact with said device when the latter has substantially arrived at theilimit of its movement toward the shoe.

10. In a lasting machine, a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe, a device movable lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end to a predetermined position and arranged to determine the lengthwise position of the shoe by contact with its heel-end face, and a spring arranged to be released by the movement of said device toward the shoe and to impart to the shoe support movement to carry the heelend face of the shoe into contact with said device.

11. In a lasting machine, a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe and including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, heellasting mechanism comprising a heel band and wipers, a slide supporting said heel-lasting mechanism and movable to carry said mechanism lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such movement of the slide, and automatic means for operating said shoe support to carry the shoe toward the heel band when said slide has substantially arrived at the limit of its movement.

12. In a lasting machine, a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe and including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, heel-lasting mechanism comprising a heel band and wipers, a slide supporting said heel-lasting mechanism and movable to carry said mechanism lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, means for limiting such movement of the slide, a spring for moving said shoe support in the direction to carry the shoe toward the heel band, and a latch arranged to hold said support initially retracted against the resistance of said spring and to be operated by the movement of said slide to release the support to the action of the spring.

13. In a lasting machine, a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe and including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, heel-lasting mechanism comprising a heel band and wipers, a slide supporting said heel-lasting mechanism and movable to carry said mechanism lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, a spring for imparting such movement to the slide, means for limiting the movement of the slide, and another spring arranged to be rendered operative by the movement of the slide to impart to said shoe support movement to carry the shoe toward the heel band.

14. In a lasting machine, a support for a last and shoe movable in directions lengthwise of the shoe and including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, heellasting mechanism comprising a heel band and wipers, a slide supporting said heel-lasting mechanism and movable to carry said mechanism -lengthwise of the shoe toward its heel end, a

spring for moving said shoe support in the direction to carry the shoe toward the heel band, a latch arranged to hold said support initially retracted against the resistance of said spring and to be operated by the movement of said slide to release the support to the action of the spring, and mechanism arranged to be operated by reverse movement of said slide to return the shoe support into position to be held by said latch.

15; In a lasting machine, the combination with lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, said last pin being movable bodily in a curved path such as to permit lateral tipping movement of the last andshoe thereon without substantial bodily lateral displacement of the bottom of the shoe, and a stop located opposite a side face of the heel end of the last for adjustably limiting such tipping of the last and shoe to position the bottom of the shoe in proper relation to the lasting mechanism.

16. In a lasting machine, the combination with lasting mechanism, of a support for a last and shoe including a last pin for engaging the heel end of the last in its spindle hole, said last pin being movable with the last and shoe about an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe and located approximately at the bottom of the heel end of. the shoe to permit the shoe to be positioned with its bottom face in proper relation to the lasting mechanism, and a stop for limiting adjustably such movement of the last pin and last by contact with a side face of the heel end of the last..

17. In a lasting machine, the combination with lasting mechanism, of a support for right and left lasts and shoes including a last pin for engaging the heel end of each last in its spindle hole, said last pin being movable bodily in a curved path such as to permit lateral tipping movements of right and left lasts and shoes respectively in opposite directions without substantial bodily lateral displacement of the bottoms of the shoes, and opposite stops arranged to act respectively on right and left lasts, each at a side face of the heel end of the last, to limit such tipping movements of the lasts and thereby position the bottoms of the shoes in proper relation to the lasting mechanism.

18. In a lasting machine, the combination with lasting mechanism, of a support for right and left lasts and shoes including a last pin for engaging the heel end of each last in its spindle hole, said last pin being movable with each last and shoe about an axis extending lengthwise of the shoe and located approximately at the bottom of the heel end of the shoe to permit the shoe to be positioned with its bottom face in proper relation to the lasting mechanism, opposite stops arranged to act respectively on right and left lasts, each at a side face of the heel end of the last, to limit such tipping movements of the last, and means for adjusting said stops simultaneously equal distances toward or from each other.

19. In a lasting machine, the combination with toe-lasting wipers, of a support for right and left lasts and shoes including a last pin for engaging the heel end of each last in its spindle hole, said last pin being movable bodily in a curved path such as to permit lateral tipping movements of right and left lasts and shoes respectively in opposite directions without substantial bodily lateral displacement of the bottoms of the shoes to position the bottom faces of the toe ends of the shoes in substantially parallel relation to the toe wipers, and stops located opposite the side faces of the heel ends of the lasts and arranged to act respectively on right and left bers in response to depression of the other efiected'by the tipping of the wipers.

21. In a lasting machine, the combination with a shoe'support, of wipers for lasting an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being mounted for; tipping movements laterally of the shoe, means for thus tipping the wipers to position them in proper relation to the bottom of each shoe, and a: device arranged to support said wipers and freely movable in response to the tipping of the wipers, said device comprising relatively movable members underlying the different wipers respectively and a lever supporting said members and movable to raise either of them in response to depression of the other efiected by the tipping of the wipers.

22-, In alasting machine, the'combination with a: shoe support, of wipers for lasting: an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being mounted for tipping movements laterally of the shoe, a wiper-controlling device arranged to tip laterally of the shoe automatically to a position determined by the bottom face of the end of the shoe and thereby to tip the-wipers correspondingly to a position determined by said face,- members relatively movable heightwise of the shoe and underlying the difierent Wipers respectively to assist in supporting. the wipers, and equalizing means controlling said members to cause them to move respectively equal distancesin opposite directions asthe wipers are tipped.

23. In a lasting machine, the combination with ashoe support, of Wipers-for lasting an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being mounted for tipping movements laterally of the shoe, a wiper-controlling device arranged to tip laterally of the shoe automatically to a position determined by the bottom face of the end of the shoe and thereby to tip the wipers correspondingly to a position determined by said face, members relatively movable heightwise of the shoe and underlying. the different wipers respectively to assist in supporting the wipers, and a lever supporting said members at opposite sides of its fulcrum respectively and freely movable to raise either of said membersin response to depression of the other member by the tipping of the wipers.

24. In a lasting machine, the combination with a shoe support, of wipers for lasting an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being mounted for tipping movements laterally of the shoe, a device arranged to engage the bottom face of the end of the shoe and mounted to tip laterally of the shoe to a position determined by said face, said device having means for engaging the wipers to tip them correspondingly, plungers relatively movable heightwise of the shoe and underlying the different wipers respectively to assist in supporting them, and a. lever supporting said plungers at opposite sides of its fulcrum respectively, said lever being movable to raise either of the plungers in response to depression of the other plunger by the tipping of the wipers. I

25. In a lasting machine, the combination with a shoe support, of wipers for lasting an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being movable bodily heightwise of the shoe and also mounted for tipping movements laterally of the shoe, a wiper-controlling device mounted for movement heightwise of the shoe and. also for tipping movement laterally of the'shoe to a position determined by engagement with the bottom face of the end of the shoe and having means for correspondingly moving said wipers, members relatively movable heightwise of the shoe and underlying the different wipers respectively to assist in supporting the wipers, and equalizing means controlling said members to cause them to move respectively equal distances in opposite directions as the wipers-are tipped, said equalizing means being yieldingly movable heightwise of the shoe with the wipers.

26. In a lasting machine, the combination with a shoe support, of wipers for lasting an end of a shoe on said support, said wipers being bodily depressibleheightwise of the shoe and also mounted for tipping movements laterally of the shoe, a wiper-controlling device mounted for downward movement and also for tipping movement laterally of the shoe to a position determined by engagement with the bottom face of the end of the shoe and having means for correspondingly depressing and tipping wipers, plungers relatively movable heightwise of the shoe and underlying the different wipers respectively to assist in supporting the wipers, a lever supporting said plungers at opposite sides of its fulcrum respectively, said lever being movable to raise either of the plungers in response to depression of the other plunger by the tipping of the wipers, anda suption of both plungers on the lever as the wipers are depressed.

27. In a lasting machine, a shoe-end-clamping device comprising a flexible band arranged to -extend around an end of a shoe to clamp the upper, and a second flexible band fastened to said firstnamed band tocontact with the upper but detachable to permit said first-named band to be used alternatively in contact with an upper.

28. In a lasting machine, a shoe-end-clamping device comprising a flexible band arranged to extend around an end of a shoe to clamp the upper, a second flexible band arranged toextend around the end of the shoe between said first-named band and the shoe to contact with the upper, and snap fasteners detachably securing said bands together to perm-it the second band to be readily removed and the first band to be used alternatively in con-,- tact with an upper.

29. In a lasting machine, a shoe-end-clamping device comprising a pair of flexible leather bands detachably fastened together to permit them to be used alternatively in clamping contact with the uppers of shoes.

30. In a lastingv machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to flare outwardly from the shoe in a direction heightwise of the shoe to present an edge portion only in contact with the upper, and a plurality of members supporting said band and outwardly yieldable relatively to one another in response to pressure of the shoe on the band, said members having therein outwardly inclined slots in which the outwardly flaring band is mounted.

31. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to flare outwardly from the shoe in a direction heightwise of the shoe to present an edge portion only incontact with the upper, members supporting the end portions of said band, arms supporting said members and mounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe to permit the ends of the band to be forced outwardly by pressure of the shoe thereon, and a plurality of other members arranged to support other portions of the band and slidingly mounted to yield bodily outward in response to pressure of the shoe on the band, all said members having therein outwardly inclined slots in which the outwardly flaring band is mounted.

32. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to flare outwardly from the shoe in a direction heightwise of the shoe to present an edge portion only in contact with the upper, a plurality of members arranged to extend in a series around the toe end of the shoe and supporting said band, said members being outwardly movable relatively to one another in response to pressure of the shoe on the band and having therein outwardly inclined slots in which the outwardly flaring band is mounted, and a coil spring extending around the series of members to hold the band pressed yieldingly against the upper.

33. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, members supporting the end portions of said band and mounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe to permit the ends of the band to be forced outwardly by pressure of the shoe thereon, a spring controlling both said members and yieldable as the ends of the band are thus forced outwardly, and means for adjusting said members to vary the normal distance between the ends of the band.

34; In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, arms supporting the end portions of said band and mounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe to permit the ends of the band to be forced outwardly by pressure of the shoe thereon, and a plurality of other members arranged to control other portions of the band and slidingly mounted to yield bodily outward in response to pressure of the shoe on the band.

35. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, a plurality of members arranged to extend in a series around the toe end of the shoe to control said band, said members being mounted for bodily sliding movements relatively to one another to permit them to be forced outwardly by pressure of the shoe on the band, and a coil spring extending around the series of members and against the resistance of which the members are thus outwardly movable.

36. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, arms supporting the end portions of said band and mounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe to permit the ends of the band to be forced outwardly by pressure of the shoe thereon, spring means against the resistance of which said arms are movable as the ends of the band are thus forced outwardly, a plurality of members arranged to extend in a series around the toe end of the shoe and supporting other portions of the band, said members being slidingly mounted to permit them to be forced bodily outward by pressure of the shoe on the band, and a coil spring extending around said series of members and against the resistance of which they are thus outwardly movable.

37. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for embracing and clamping an upper around an end of a last, a plurality of members arranged to exmounted for inward and outward bodily movements relatively to one another, and a coil spring extending around the series of members to hold the band pressed yieldingly against the upper.

38. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for embracing and clamping an upper around an end of a last, arms supporting the end portions of said band and mounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe, spring means controlling said arms and tending to force the ends of the band inwardly, members arranged to extend in a series around the end of the shoe for controlling other portions of the band, said members being slidingly mounted for inward and outward bodily movements relatively to one another, and a coil spring extending around the series of members and tending to force them inwardly.

39. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for embracing and clamping an upper around an'end of a last, levers pivotally mounted between their opposite ends for swinging movements laterally of the shoe and having arms supporting the end" portions of said band, a rotatable screw-threaded rod connected with the other arms of said levers in different locations respectively along the rod for adjusting the levers to vary the normal distance between the ends of the band, and a spring mounted on said rod and tending to swing the levers in directions to press the ends of the band against the upper, said spring being yieldable in response to pressure of the shoe on the ends the band.

40. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for embracing and clamping an upper around an end of a last, arms supporting the end portions of said band andmounted for swinging movements laterally of the shoe, a plurality of members supported independently of said arms and arranged to extend in a series around the end of the shoe for controlling other portions of the band, said members being slidingly mounted for inward and outward bodily movements relatively to one another, and spring means tending to force said members and the arms inwardly.

41. In a lasting machine, a flexible device for wiping an upper heightwise of a last, said device comprising a strip of celluloid arranged to contact with the upper.

42. In a lasting machine, a flexible device for wiping an upper heightwise of a last, said device comprising a strip of celluloid arranged to contact with the upper and another strip of different flexible material fastened to the strip of celluloid.

43. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to flare outwardly from the shoe in a direction heightwise of the shoe to present an edge portion only in contact with the upper and comprising a strip of celluloid for engaging the upper.

44. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to flare outwardly from the shoe in a direction heightwise of the shoe to present an edge portion only in contact with the upper and comprising an inner layer of celluloid for engaging the upper and another layer of difierent flexible material fastened to the layer of celluloid.

45. In a lasting machine, a flexible band for wiping an upper around the toe end of a last heightwise of the last, said band being shaped to 

